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Meagan King is an accomplished educational leader and deputy principal at Canterbury College, recognised for her impact on teaching and learning innovation, leadership development and whole-school improvement.
With more than two decades of experience across leading Australian schools, she is committed to improving student outcomes, building staff capability and creating future-focused learning environments that prepare young people to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
At Canterbury, King helps shape a holistic P–12 educational experience spanning teaching and learning, co-curricular programs, student leadership and school operations. Her leadership is characterised by a strong focus on student voice, real-world learning and meaningful pathways that equip students to become confident, capable and world ready.
She is equally passionate about developing others, mentoring emerging leaders and designing opportunities that strengthen leadership capacity and professional practice across schools.
King is co-founder of the Future of Education Summit, bringing together educators, students and industry to explore innovation and the future of learning. A regular national conference speaker, she has also been acknowledged as one of Australia’s Most Influential Educators, reflecting her commitment to meaningful, sector-wide educational change.
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Meagan King
Deputy Principal
Canterbury College
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Team Leader Middle School/Gifted Education Coordinator at MBBC
2007–2013
Director of Teaching, Learning and Academic Performance at AB Paterson College
2013–2019
Director of Innovation at Methodist Ladies’ College
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2020–2022
2023–Present: Deputy Principal at Canterbury College
2023: EdLeaders Impact List
2024: Most Influential Educators
2025: Australian Education Awards: Excellence Awardee for Deputy Principal of the Year
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Ongoing Professional Leadership Development — Actively participates in leadership development programs, continuously refining her practice to strengthen outcomes for staff and students.
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“I know this seems pretty simple, but [my philosophy] is always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
“I had to crawl my way out of debt and build up my mortgage business. I never forget that feeling, and I try to never take a new lead for granted. Every deal counts”
Collin Bruce,
Dominion Lending Centres
The professional philosophy that underpins all of it is strikingly basic – and Bruce knows it. “I know this seems pretty simple,” he says, “but always doing what’s right for clients and not what is best for me. I never have to worry about something coming back to me from a previous client.”
He has helped clients through years-long credit rehabilitation without earning a cent along the way. He has never placed a client in a product he wasn’t prepared to fully stand behind. The result is a practice built on trust generating its own momentum: repeat business and referrals that arrive without prompting, from clients who know the difference between a broker who serves them and one who services a transaction.
In Alberta, where Bruce has built a particularly strong market presence, his name is amplified by a heavy advertising campaign across television and radio – channels he values not simply for reach but for credibility. The ads, he notes, help legitimize him in a market where clients are choosing who to trust with some of the largest financial decisions of their lives. Alongside that visibility, he has cultivated deep relationships with builders and financial planners, creating a diversified pipeline of leads that insulates the business against the inevitable swings of the rate cycle.
The operational side of the business has evolved with equal deliberateness. The appointment of a dedicated ‘Director of Wow’ – a role conceived to ensure every client interaction exceeds expectation – and the adoption of Dominion Lending Centres’ Gold Rush CRM platform have together driven a meaningful uplift in repeat client business over the past year.
The present year of 2026 brings its own complexities. With clients emerging from a period of historically low rates and confronting sharply higher mortgage costs, Bruce has tilted his focus toward refinancing – helping existing borrowers navigate a transition that, for many, has been genuinely painful. He is also investing in AI tools to sharpen lead generation and streamline internal processes, a measured embrace of technology from someone who has never confused efficiency with the thing it is meant to serve.